Table 1 Demographic characteristics of women with GDM living in Australia
n = 116 | % | |
|---|---|---|
Age: Mean 31.7 years old, range (19 years – 43 years old): | ||
- 19–30 years | 50 | 43.1 |
- >30 years | 66 | 56.9 |
Country of birth: | ||
- Australia | 34 | 29.3 |
- Overseas | 82 | 70.7 |
Religion: | ||
- Christian | 38 | 32.8 |
- Hindu | 15 | 12.9 |
- Muslim/Islam | 14 | 12.1 |
- No religion | 25 | 21.6 |
- Other: Sikh, Buddhist, etc. | 24 | 20.7 |
Education: | ||
- Year 12 or below | 31 | 26.7 |
- Certificate, advanced diploma or diploma | 29 | 25 |
- Bachelor degree | 32 | 27.6 |
- Postgraduate degree (e.g. Graduate diploma, Masters or PhD) | 24 | 20.7 |
Work status: | ||
- Full time | 39 | 33.6 |
- Part time | 20 | 17.2 |
- Other (eg, no paid work, unemployed) | 57 | 49.1 |
Occupation: | ||
- Professional, high-level manager or administrator | 15 | 12.9 |
- Manager or equivalent | 12 | 10.3 |
- Clerical, service worker or sales | 28 | 24.1 |
- Student (full-time) | 5 | 4.3 |
- Home duties | 36 | 31.0 |
- No paid work | 11 | 9.5 |
- Other | 9 | 7.8 |
Marital status: | ||
- Married | 89 | 76.7 |
- Defacto | 17 | 14.7 |
- Other | 10 | 8.6 |
Household women live in: | ||
- Live alone | 1 | 0.9 |
- Self and partner/husband only | 39 | 33.6 |
- Self with partner/ husband and child or children | 54 | 46.6 |
- Other | 23 | 19.0 |
Parity/number of times that women have given birth: | ||
- Nulliparaa | 53 | 45.7 |
- Primiparab | 39 | 33.6 |
- Multiparac | 24 | 20.7 |